plurale tantum

See also: Pluraletantum

English

Etymology

From Latin plurale tantum (“plural as such, plural only”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plʊˌɹɑleɪ̯ˈtɑntəm/

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Noun

plurale tantum (plural pluralia tantum)

1. (grammar) A noun (in any specific sense) that has no singular form, such as scissors (in most usage).

   Roger wasn’t sure whether “jeans” was a true plurale tantum, since the word “jean” exists and describes a type of cloth.

Translations

a noun without a singular form

• Arabic: إِسْم جَمْع‎ m (ʾism jamʿ)
• Armenian: անեզական գոյական (anezakan goyakan)
• Catalan: plurale tantum (ca) m
• Czech: podstatné jméno (cs) pomnožné n
• Finnish: pluratiivi (fi), monikkosana
• French: plurale tantum (fr) m
• German: Pluraletantum (de) n, Pluralwort (de) n
• Icelandic: fleirtöluorð (is) n, fleirtölunafnorð n
• Italian: plurale tantum m

• Japanese: 絶対複数 (ja) (zettai-fukusū)
• Latin: plurale tantum n
• Persian: اسم جمع‎ (fa) (esm-e-jam')
• Portuguese: plurale tantum m
• Russian: плюра́лия та́нтум n (pljurálija tántum)
• Spanish: plurale tantum (es)
• Swedish: plurale tantum (sv) n

See also

• Category:English pluralia tantum
• duale tantum
• singulare tantum
• uncountable

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Latin

Noun

plurale tantum n (genitive pluralis tantum); third declension

1. plurale tantum

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem) with an indeclinable portion.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	plurale tantum	pluralia tantum
Genitive	pluralis tantum	pluralium tantum
Dative	pluralī tantum	pluralibus tantum
Accusative	plurale tantum	pluralia tantum
Ablative	pluralī tantum	pluralibus tantum
Vocative	plurale tantum	pluralia tantum

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Portuguese

Noun

plurale tantum m (plural pluralia tanta)

1. (grammar) plurale tantum (a noun without a singular form)